Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 13:20:53 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: yunzhoug AT enign DOT umich DOT edu
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: slow link using djgpp
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On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, S.G wrote:

> the linker on my computer runs so slow in the djgpp.  It took over 1
> minutes to compile and link a program with only one line of code.   My
> computer has 32MB memory, the djgpp program was installed on a
> compressed drive.  There is a solution in the manual but I don't know
> how to do it.  The solution is to set the size of the transfer buffer
> larger.  Could anyone help me on this?

I don't think you should try enlarging the transfer buffer as the first 
attempt to correct this.  With a compressed drive, you should first make 
sure you have a disk cache installed, and set the cache parameters in an 
optimal way.  If you cannot figure this out, post your CONFIG.SYS and 
AUTOEXEC.BAT, and also tell something about your system software (DOS? 
Windows? what version?).

In addition, run go32-v2 with no arguments and post what it prints.